| Research Direction | Description | Group Leader |
| 1 | Mechanics: Nonlinear Dynamics, Control & Applications |
| This direction focuses on dynamics and control problems in practical engineering systems. The main research contents include local and global bifurcation analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems, complex dynamical behavior in electromechanical systems, and complex dynamical behavior in multi-scale coupled systems and nonsmooth systems. |
| Bi Qinsheng |
| 2 | Mechanics: Multi-Field Coupling and Smart Materials and Structural Damage/Fracture Theory |
| This direction focuses on the coupling between mechanical forces and various physical/chemical fields within and between non-uniform solid media under complex environments (thermal, electrical, magnetic, optical, and chemical), as well as their external manifestations and functional failure problems. Research covers multi-field coupling theory and related technologies, novel non-destructive testing technologies, laser, ultrasonics, and shape memory alloys. |
| Zhu Jianguo |
| 3 | Mechanics: Mechanical Analysis of Engineering Materials and Structural Design |
| This direction focuses on challenging mechanical problems in civil engineering. The main research contents include complex stress analysis of engineering structures, damage and durability, computational methods and theoretical models in soil mechanics, and dynamic characteristics in seismic disaster prevention of engineering structures. |
| Liu Jinxing |
| 4 | Mechanics: Multi-scale Physical Mechanics |
| This direction investigates micro- and nano-scale mechanics and multi-physics coupling to uncover mechano-structural evolution and electro-mechanical interaction in advanced materials. By connecting microstructure to failure criteria and multi-scale predictive models, we enable rational engineering of material phases and interfaces for targeted performance. Applications center on guidance of nanoporous membranes fabrication for filtration and dispersion enhancement, and functional design strategies of advanced MEMS/NEMS devices and nanocomposites for smart lightweight structural systems. |
| Tang Chun |
| 5 | Agricultural Electrification and Automation |
| Automation and power quality of agricultural electrical equipment, automatic control technology in agricultural biological growth processes, and information processing technology in agricultural engineering. |
| Xu Leijun |
| 6 | Control Science and Engineering |
| Intelligent control of electric drive systems, pattern recognition and intelligent detection technology, and intelligent automation and network control of production processes. |
| Xu Leijun |
| 7 | Low-Altitude Technology and Engineering |
| Autonomous design of low-altitude equipment, intelligent control and navigation, low-altitude intelligent sensing, and smart agriculture scenario applications. |
| Xu Leijun |
| 8 | Low-Altitude Integrated Communication-Sensing and Robustness Assurance |
| Oriented towards low-altitude airspace, this direction integrates communication and sensing capabilities and, relying on core technologies such as large-angle three-dimensional networking, multi-station collaborative trajectory fusion, and intelligent classification and recognition of low-altitude targets, aims to constructs low-altitude digital infrastructure featuring "uninterrupted communication and blind-spot-free sensing." It studies lightweight consensus mechanisms adapted to low-altitude aircraft resource constraints and anti-GPS-spoofing spatiotemporal verification engines to achieve real-time perception and intelligent prevention and control of low-altitude flight risks, supporting diverse scenario applications including agricultural precision operations, UAV logistics distribution, emergency rescue communication assurance, low-altitude security control, and eVTOL passenger transport. |
| Cheng Keyang |
| 9 | Low-Altitude Human-Machine Collaboration and Swarm Intelligent Control |
| This direction explores lossless transformation methods from high-level human operation intentions to machine execution strategies, builds low-altitude flight facility networks, develops dynamic airspace planning and flight conflict resolution algorithms, and constructs efficient and controllable low-altitude traffic operation systems; it studies distributed dynamic role assignment of low-altitude intelligent agents, swarm intelligence self-organization, multi-UAV collaborative formation control, and swarm path planning and autonomous obstacle avoidance algorithms in communication-denied environments. |
| Cheng Keyang |
